“It’s a different kind of connection, a sort of deep longing, something that I can never place entirely, neither in friendship nor romance.”

First of all, thank you to the author Margherita Scialla for providing me with an ARC!

This story was delightful! I think it's the first book I've read that explicitly depicts a queerplatonic relationship, and treats platonic relationships and platonic love as equal in importance and value to romantic love and relationships.

I had a great time reading this book. The interactions between the main characters were so sweet, and the relationship negotiations were realistic and lovely. It was great to see discussions about how queerplatonic relationships are just as much as a commitment as romantic ones, as that's often a big misunderstanding even within the community.

I've had my eye on this author for a long time, and I think this story was a great starting point for me, and I'll definitely be picking up more of their books in the future! 

dnf at 3% because it had major r/menwritingwomen vibes and also i was bored

 "The transsexual body is an unnatural body. It is the product of medical science. It is a technological construction. It is flesh torn apart and sewn together again in a shape that in which it was not born. In these circumstances, I find a deep affinity between myself as a transsexual woman and the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Like the monster, I am too often perceived as less than fully human due to the means of my embodiment; like the monster's as well, my exclusion from human community fuels a deep and abiding rage in me that I, like the monster, direct against the conditions in which I must struggle to exist."

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP SHOVELING DIRT INTO MY MOUTH EATING THE PAPER SOBBING YELLING RUNNING AROUND DOING CARTWHEELS BAWLING MY EYES OUT